The deluge left the factory under more than six feet of water for more than a month as runoff from the north besieged the city.
The next phase was to bring the factory under control, so that it could be switched on at will, and thus act only where and when needed.
Last year, Mr Smith managed to retain control of the factory under an arrangement he reached with a group of creditors, who were suing him in a multi-million dollar fraud case.
The owner estimates that if the factory remains under water for a full month, it could take two months more to clean up.
Management at the firm have said the shutdown of the factory is under discussion but operations will be wound down immediately and will cease by the end of the year.
Such a policy is entirely short-term, as the factory inevitably comes under threat again a few years later.
That includes the dingy two-story building on the edge of town that houses headquarters, factory and warehouse under one roof.
That includes the dingy two- story building on the edge of town that has headquarters, factory and warehouse all under one roof.
And Whirlpool's washing-machine factory now makes appliances under contract for Kelon, which sells them under its own brand, a reversal of the usual hierarchy between western and Chinese firms.
Viewer Jean Hobbs suggested turning a Mini Clubman car, which has been uncovered 30 years after being left in a tunnel under the Longbridge factory where it was built, into a sculpture to show off the city's car-making history.
The Menznau Kronospan factory, which makes wood products under the brand name Kronoswiss, is one of 10 plants in seven countries run by the Swiss Krono Group, according to the company's website.
European automakers have more than a dozen plants worth of excess factory capacity, with new plants still under construction in Central Europe and more being built in Russia.
Losing the Indian deal would be a huge blow for BAE Systems, which has warned that the future of its 3, 000-employee Hawk factory at Brough, East Yorkshire, is under review because of a shortage of orders.
The French health ministry has said that, when the Coudray factory is re-opened, it will be under "reinforced controls".
The November fire at the Tazreen garment factory drew international attention to the conditions workers toil under in Bangladesh's textile industry.
Police and soldiers were deployed to keep the situation under control as thousands of anxious relatives of factory employees gathered at the scene.
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Today, McCashins remains a mainstay of the Nelson scene, brewing under the Stoke brand in the same cider factory, hosting daily tours and tastings, plus live music and a Saturday market in their bar and cafe.
It was not immediately clear what caused the fire, which began soon after the factory workers went home for the day and took three hours to bring under control.
Cadbury had planned to close the factory and shift production to Poland, but Kraft said it would be saved under their control.
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At Myint Soe's garment factory on the outskirts of Rangoon, rows of women hunch over sewing machines and irons under neon lights, pressing, folding, hemming, in stifling heat.
Under Mr. Del Vecchio's supervision as CEO and chairman, Brooks Brothers purchased an additional factory, called Southwick Clothing, in Haverhill, Mass.
He said he learned to be cool under pressure while a teenager, when he was a production-line supervisor at a tomato-packing factory.
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